April Fool’s Day is very similar to a Catalan joke day, el Dia dels Innocents (day of the naive people, roughly speaking) celebrated on the 28th of December. According to Wikipedia there are several theories as to why, and when, we celebrate this day, but none of them are the definitive one.Here’s Rufus Wainwright with April Fools from his self-titled 1998 debut LP.

Followed by two classic April Fools from the BBC, spaghetti plantations and flying penguins ...